Robinson's Coefficient of Agreement—A Critique

Lehmer, Donald J.

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“…The approach of Brainerd and Robinson faced some immediate criticism by an anthropologist Lehmer50 for being too dependent on exact numbers of frequencies and for not taking into account the differences in the size of the collections. Dempsey and Baumhoff51 proposed a contextual analysis method to cope with such a problem, which would merely use the information, irrespective of whether a specific type of artifact was present or absent.…”

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Seriation and matrix reordering methods: An historical overview

Liiv

2010

Statistical Analysis

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Abstract:Seriation is an exploratory combinatorial data analysis technique to reorder objects into a sequence along a one-dimensional continuum so that it best reveals regularity and patterning among the whole series. Unsupervised learning, using seriation and matrix reordering, allows pattern discovery simultaneously at three information levels: local fragments of relationships, sets of organized local fragments of relationships, and an overall structural pattern. This paper presents an historical overview of seriation and matrix reordering methods, several applications from the following disciplines are included in the retrospective review: archaeology and anthropology; cartography, graphics, and information visualization; sociology and sociometry; psychology and psychometry; ecology; biology and bioinformatics; cellular manufacturing; and operations research.

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Seriation and matrix reordering methods: An historical overview

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2010

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“…Despite certain shortcomings, both of these methods work and both of them provide more sensitive measures of chronological difference than anything we have had heretofore. Some criticisims of the methods have been raised (Lehmer 1951;BennyhofF 1951) and it is apparent that seriation techniques are neither a substitute for good field techniques nor for an adequate typology (Dixon 1956). Still, I am convinced from my own application of both of these methods to the field data from excavations, that the following statements are valid:…”

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A New Method for the Seriation of Archaeological Collections

Meighan

1959

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This graphical technique utilizes only three types of artifacts from the collection to the seriated. The relationship between the three selected types is plotted on three-pole graph paper. The points on the graph are clustered along a line representing change through time; hence the archaeological materials are arranged in their correct temporal sequence. Data from Paragonah, Utah, and Pindi, New Mexico, two Southwestern sites for which the time sequence is known, are used for empirical tests of the seriational technique. In both cases there is close agreement between the results of the seriation and the time sequence revealed by field evidence.

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“…Although a number of formulae have been proposed, it seems evident that nearly every new problem requires a different theoretical approach concerning the sampling question. Lehmer (1951), for example, criticizes Robinson's coefficient of agreement (pp. 7, 8) because "it takes no account of differences in the size of the collections."…”

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The Central California Chronological Sequence Re-Examined

Belous¹

1953

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For a number of years the subject of California archaeology has undergone a great deal of discussion. A large measure of this discussion has been concerned with the problem of chronology. Heizer (1949) has postulated a classification of cultural and temporal relationships for central California. His chronology is based primarily on stratigraphic sequences together with intrasite comparisons and geological-chemical soil and bone analysis.This paper is an attempt to examine a part of his sequences using a new method for the chronological ordering of archaeological deposits (Brainerd 1951; Robinson 1951). The material to follow will be divided into three categories: 1) theory and method; 2) a discussion of the sequences resulting from the application of the method used here; and 3) the nature of the conclusions which one may safely draw in the light of 1) and 2) above.

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Robinson's Coefficient of Agreement—A Critique

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Seriation and matrix reordering methods: An historical overview

Seriation and matrix reordering methods: An historical overview

A New Method for the Seriation of Archaeological Collections

The Central California Chronological Sequence Re-Examined

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